Since the Cairo Meeting, <http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-07nov08.htm>, as after most public meetings, the Board has heard criticism of the operation of the public forum -- including limited time for public participation and poor remote participation options -- as well as discussing improving mechanisms for Board feedback to the community. The newly formed Public Participation Committee will address these issues as well as inter-meeting communications (including the challenges ALAC has had in getting responses to its comments). The next Board meeting is scheduled for Dec. 11. --Wendy -- Wendy Seltzer -- wendy@seltzer.org Visiting Professor, American University Washington College of Law Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html http://www.chillingeffects.org/ https://www.torproject.org/